Indianapolis, IN -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/18/2010 -- A recent community packing event took place on Saturday, November 13 at St. John Lutheran Church and School on Indy's Southside in coordination with Kids Against Hunger-Greenwood. A total of five Lutheran Marion and Johnson County churches organized and provided funding for the event.

Local Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ Chapters also provided funding.

More than 300 community volunteers participated in a meal-packaging blitz aimed at creating meals for hungry children worldwide. St. John Lutheran School’s (6630 Southeastern Ave.) gymnasium temporarily morphed into multiple assembly lines as volunteers packed nutritionally rich meals consisting of rice, soy, vitamins, and dehydrated vegetables with the Greenwood-based nonprofit Kids Against Hunger www.kah-greenwood.org. St. John school children packaged 16,000 meals on Friday, November 12th to get a good start for the Saturday event.

Kids Against Hunger Greenwood Executive Director, Larry Moore said, “This is the second year for the event. Last year we packed 70,000 meals and this year we saw an increase by 25% with 90,000 meals. It’s wonderful to see such generosity despite the current difficult economic times. It’s a great show of spirit. Thanks to everyone involved.”

Kids Against Hunger seeks to significantly reduce the number of hungry children in the United States and to feed starving children throughout the world. Volunteers of all ages, donning hairnets, scooped food, weighed and sealed packages, taped and moved boxes, and generally had a great time while helping children across the world.

Each day, some 14,400 children die from malnutrition, starvation and hunger-related diseases. During the meal-packaging blitz, volunteers packed over 90,000 meals for starving children throughout the world and became better informed about the problem of hunger and how to respond to the need.

For more information on how your church or group can get involved in a similar volunteer event with KAH, contact Exec Director, Larry Moore, larrymoore@kah-greenwood.org

About St. John Lutheran Church and School
St. John Lutheran Church and School is located in the Southeast side of Indianapolis at 6630 Southeastern Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46203. A Lutheran Church Missouri Synod congregation, St. John offers traditional services on Saturday evening at 6:00 pm and Sunday morning at 8:00 and 10:45 am. A “New Song” Contemporary worship service is offered on Sundays at 10:30 am in the Dwelling Place. Sunday Christian Education classes for children and adults is offered on Sundays at 9:30 am.

St. John Lutheran School is a PS- 3 through Grade 8 elementary school offering rich and rigorous academics. St. John is accredited by National Lutheran Schools Accreditation and the State of Indiana through its Performance-Based Accreditation process. The school complies with all rules and regulations of the state. All teachers at St. John hold State of Indiana teaching licenses, or are working on securing Indiana licenses.